Battlefield blunders can be as decisive as brilliant tactics. Five of the worst military blunders came at the battles of Gallipoli, Fredericksburg, Dien Bien Phu, Adwa, and Little Bighorn.
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Custer’s Ghostherders
Battlefield archaeologists digging at the Little Bighorn have reawakened haunting memories and revived some of the bitter controversies connected with the Last Stand.
Book Review: The Victory With No Name
Colin Calloway recounts the most lopsided American Indian defeat of the U.S. Army — no, not on the Little Bighorn
Why Former Confederate Frank Huston Joined Forces With the Sioux
The “unreconstructed Reb” lived among the Lakotas but probably wasn’t at Little Bighorn.
Author Philip Burnham
Philip Burnham’s biography of Dewey Beard is the remarkable saga of a Lakota who killed a trooper at the Little Bighorn and was wounded at Wounded Knee
June 2015 Readers’ Letters
In the June issue of Wild West readers share dispatches about the Marias (aka Baker) Massacre (in present-day Montana) and the later clashes on the Little Bighorn River and near Wounded Knee Creek (in present-day South Dakota)
Ree-membering the Arikaras
Most Western history buffs are familiar with the role of the Sioux, Cheyennes and even Crows at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn. But who knew about the Arikaras?
Wild West – October 2013 – Letters From Readers
In the October issue of Wild West, readers share dispatches about Josephine Earp’s true identity, Edgar Paxson’s painting of Custer’s Last Stand, ill-fated photographer Mark Kellogg’s Little Bighorn assignment and Bighorn survivor Fred Gerard.
Kim Wiggins – Art of the West
Native New Mexican artist Kim Wiggins offers a unique take on the oft-depicted 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Book Review: Canadians With Custer, by Mary Thomas
Author Mary Thomas traces the military careers of 17 Canadians who served in the7th U.S. Cavalry, weaving the profiles into a narrative of George Custer’s activities from 1866 to the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.